Introduction to interpreting Spanish-Dutch

3 ECTS credits
90 h study time

Offer 1 with catalog number 1021225ANR for all students in the 2nd semester at a (A) Bachelor - preliminary level.

Semester

2nd semester

Enrollment based on exam contract

Impossible

Grading method

Grading (scale from 0 to 20)

Can retake in second session

Yes

Enrollment Requirements

Je hebt ‘Taal- en vertaalpraktijk Spaans-Nederlands II’ gevolgd, alvorens dit vak op te nemen. Dit vak opnemen houdt verder in dat je gelijktijdig ‘Lengua española: lengua y cultura’ volgt of reeds geslaagd bent voor 'Lengua española: lengua y cultura’. Zit je in een verkort traject dan kan je dit vak gewoon opnemen.

Taught in

Dutch

Faculty

Faculty of Languages & Humanities

Department

Linguistics and Literary Studies

Educational team

Hélène Stengers (course titular)

Activities and contact hours

26 contact hours Seminar, Exercises or Practicals
39 contact hours Independent or External Form of Study

Course Content

Students develop basic interpreting techniques as well as their oral proficiency.
Students gain an understanding of interpreting as a skill and as a professional activity.

Additional info

Students perform listening and oral exercises (e.g. paraphrasing, sight translation, text analysis, oral summary and consecutive interpreting, public speaking) and gradually develop their interpreting skills and oral proficiency. They get acquainted with note-taking techniques for consecutive interpreting and with the professional contexts of interpreting.

Learning Outcomes

Eindcompetenties

Students are able to apply basic interpreting skills.
Students have a general understanding of interpreting as a skill and as a professional activity.

Grading

The final grade is composed based on the following categories:
Oral Exam determines 70% of the final mark.
Other Exam determines 30% of the final mark.

Within the Oral Exam category, the following assignments need to be completed:

Mondeling examen with a relative weight of 70 which comprises 70% of the final mark.

Note: Tweede zittijd: mondeling examen

Within the Other Exam category, the following assignments need to be completed:

Permanente evaluatie with a relative weight of 30 which comprises 30% of the final mark.

Additional info regarding evaluation

Second exam session

The evaluation comprises an Oral exam (70%) as well as Continuous assessment assignments (30%).

Allowed unsatisfactory mark

The supplementary Teaching and Examination Regulations of your faculty stipulate whether an allowed unsatisfactory mark for this programme unit is permitted.

Academic context